Elden Clergyman

"The killing is over."

He also started a fire at the Dragon's Feast Church.

Lord returned to his original place with an expressionless face and gave it the sewing needle he picked up from the cave.

"They rushed straight at me as soon as I entered. I tried to communicate, but no one listened to me, so I killed them all."

However, Burke had no intention of blaming him at all. After taking the sewing needle, he just stared at the sewing needle in his hand.

"This is my sewing needle, a relic left by my mother. Thank you so much..."

Looking at the crying face of the demihuman in front of him, Lord sighed, squatted down, and patted its shoulder.

"Dude, life in this world is tough. You're already better off than a lot of people. There's no need to be so self-deprecating."

Lord was telling the truth. After all, there weren't many people these days who could resist beating him after he came out, and as for the demi-human, he was the first one.

As for appearance, having stayed in the simulation world for so long, Lord's aesthetic taste had long been corrupted by that broken world.

To him now, as long as it is not something covered with maggots, or a combination of feces formed by the condensation of various messy elements in various cesspools, let alone sub-humans, even cursed frogs look handsome to him now.

"Thank you, you don't have to comfort me, I know..."

Burke choked for a moment and looked up.

"Well, I'm a tailor. If you need to modify your clothes in the future, you can come to that cave to find me..."

"Of course, it's free. After all, you are my benefactor..."

"Well, if there's a need, I'll go."

Lord nodded, then watched the other person leave.

Then, I glanced at the sky. Because the coastal cave was some distance away, even if I didn't look at the map carefully, it would be dark after going back and forth.

Time to rejoin Blaze.

After running along the map for a while, Lord returned to the sealed prison again, and then saw the familiar figure on the side of the prison.

"You're here?" Blaze raised his head when he saw Lord coming.

"Didn't keep you waiting long?"

"No, I just got here too."

After a brief exchange, each half wolf entered the sealed prison and met the guy called 'Hound Knight'.

Is this the Hound Knight?

Looking at the other person lying on the ground with all four limbs on the ground and one hand holding a knife behind his back, he really looked like a "hound". Lord took out the basic staff that Seren gave him before leaving, intending to try out the magic he had just learned.

There was nothing much to say about the subsequent battle.

Although the Hound Knight's action module is quite novel, and its attack connection and mobility are not bad, compared with Messemo, its attack desire can be said to be pitifully low, and its stats are not good enough. Its attack and health are both pitiful. If Lord hadn't wanted to play magic, Blaze would have rushed up alone and chopped him to death.

But after the crusade ended and he left the sealed prison, Lord was stunned.

He blinked as he looked at the weapon in his hand, which had a familiar shape and similar properties. After swinging it twice, he felt the extremely familiar feel of the weapon called 'Hound's Fang'.

Is this the Exile's Knife?

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PS: The perfume bottle fell over! Xiao Gao, give me back my ambulance!

PS2: Regarding the pyroxene head cover, in addition to the hood, I also looked through the equipment of various mages in the game, especially the hats. Basically, anyone who plays magic has some pyroxene on their body. The academy is built on a pyroxene vein, and there is pyroxene everywhere. Therefore, the speculation I made is not guaranteed to be accurate.

Including Alperich and Roger, Laoa has heretical blood pyroxene on his hat, Lao Luo does not have it on his head but has a blue pyroxene pendant on the edge, and Wehler simply wears a pyroxene head cap. The remaining Laozhi and Laoni do not have obvious pyroxene on their heads, but these two obviously cannot be counted according to common sense.

In addition, I also looked through the list of staffs and found that except for the Staff of Loss, the other staffs either had pyroxene or amber. The Meteorite Staff had dark purple pyroxene, and the Dead Prince Staff also had death amber.

Even for the lost staff, the description only says "the top has lost the pyroxene" and doesn't say there's no pyroxene anywhere else. In addition, even if the player character in the game doesn't have a staff, they can't cast spells, so there's speculation in this chapter.

As for the increase in intelligence from the headgear, my personal understanding is that it strengthens the connection with pyroxene, thereby increasing the power of spells, rather than making you smarter after wearing the headgear.

However, the above is only my personal understanding and speculation, and is not guaranteed to be accurate. If there are any errors or omissions, please forgive me.

Chapter 16: Ears, ears, ears? Ears, ears, ears!

After dealing with the Hound Knight, Blaze prepared to say goodbye to Lord because he had other tasks to do.

But after turning around, she was stunned to see Lord standing there, waving the hound's tusk in the air.

"Are you testing the knife?"

It looked like he was testing a sword, but the movements were a bit too strange, and he was holding a shield in his hand...

Lord replied without even turning his head: "No, I just wanted to see if I could cancel it."

Blaze blinked.

"......Cancel?"

"A trait that good children don't have to learn."

After confirming that the Hound's Fangs could not be canceled, Lord put away the shield in his other hand and turned to look at Blaze.

"By the way, are you leaving?"

"Yeah." Blaze nodded. "Thank you very much for what you did before, but I left in a hurry and didn't bring anything with me, so these are the only things I can use to express my gratitude. I hope you don't mind."

As he spoke, Blaze gave Lord a few forging stones.

Lord didn't hesitate. After accepting it, he was about to say goodbye to the other party when he suddenly remembered something.

"Wait, do you have any contact information you can leave behind? Like a communication magic or something like that."

As an old Souls 5 player, Lord knows too well how ridiculously difficult it is to find the Souls-related side quests.

Even in the traditional linear sandbox, it is almost impossible to complete all the side quests by yourself without looking at the guide.

Where are the key props? Where are the NPCs? After advancing to a certain point, where do the NPCs go if they disappear? Where do I find them and what do I do? Even the physical movements...

My scalp goes numb just thinking about it.

According to Lord's observation, this work, which is not sure whether it is Soul 4 or Soul 5, seems to be an open world. If the key characters in the side quests are allowed to leave casually, he can't run around the world to find them, right?

Although the Soul System's ancestral heritage has weak guidance, this is an open world. You can't really not provide any guidance at all and force people to wander around the world licking maps and randomly hitting side quests, right?

That's too nascent.

"Well, I don't have it yet." Blaze shook his head.

As a world where magic exists, although it is not much, there are special means of communication in the border areas. For example, Blaze himself can remotely project into a magic tower when necessary and communicate with other companions inside.

But the problem was that it was something that Lani had made for her. As a greatsword-wielding woman, she didn't have this kind of skill. Moreover, since she came out on a hunting mission, she had to keep her actions as secret as possible, so naturally she wouldn't have any communication props in her pocket.

As for the fact that Lord asked for her contact information, she didn't find it strange.

Although this man was indeed a little weird in some aspects, they had fought side by side twice and had chatted very well before. Although their friendship was not very deep, they were at least friends. For this reason, before leaving, she was going to ask him to tell Iggy his name after seeing him, to give him half-proof that he was one of them.

After hearing Blaze's answer, Lord's expression became subtle.

Wait, Xiao Gao, you wouldn't dare to do this in an open world without any side quests, would you? That's a bit...

"Don't you have a fader hook?"

Alice suddenly appeared.

"I picked up a lot of relic stones before. I drew a golden talisman on it and gave it to her. Can't I just contact you when she needs me?"

Huh? Can that thing still be used like this?

Lord hadn't really expected this operation, so he did as she said and handed the stone with his golden talisman written on it to Blaze.

Blaze looked at the golden stone in his hand, and after feeling the power in it, his expression became a little complicated for a moment.

How should I put it...

Although they had not been together for a long time, she had long been aware of the other person's eccentricity and accepted this setting.

Whether it was the random switching of forms, Schrödinger's strength and weakness, or the words like "training the trumpet" and "my ring straight will not lose", she gradually got used to it.

But every time she thought she had gotten used to his strangeness, he would always do something unexpected and cruel to her.

She had heard of methods like this one that could directly project a spiritual incarnation remotely by engraving words, but those who could do this were basically the big guys in a certain area.

But the crux of the problem is not here.

The crux of the matter is that even those big guys would have to put in a lot of effort to create an avatar, but this guy didn't even know anything before. After being reminded by that strange girl, he just wrote something casually and created this thing...

Well, considering the fighting power he and the girl had shown before, it didn't seem too outrageous that they could do something like this.

"What a pity." She murmured to herself.

If she didn't have a mission to accomplish, and the situation on Lani's side didn't allow for any delay, she really wanted to stay with this guy and see how much work he could accomplish.

"Then I'll be leaving. By the way, if you go north to Rhea Lukalia and see a rather large old blacksmith, you can tell me my name and say that I introduced him. I should give you some preferential treatment."

After saying that, she put the stone in her pocket and left.

And after her figure completely disappeared, Melina, who had been missing while she was there, reappeared.

And his expression seemed a little strange.

"What's wrong?" Lord looked at her: "If it's about Lani, I haven't forgotten your instructions. If you're worried, I can repeat it to you..."

"No." Melina pursed her lips and shook her head: "Did I deceive you?"

Lord: “?”

Then, without waiting for Lord to ask, Melina began to explain.

"I have been observing you, wondering if you can truly see the guidance of the blessing, and whether you will stand up to challenge the difficulties..."

"Torret believed you from the beginning. It was my fault for not being sincere enough, especially..."

Melina didn't say anything else.

After a pause, she added again.

"Actually, even though I've lost almost everything, I can still offer you a guide."

"The Hall of the Round Table. That's where the guided Faded Ones, the heroes, gather. I can take you there."

After she finished speaking, she stood there, looking a little uneasy.

Although this shouldn't be a big deal, but when she thinks about it carefully, Lord has never doubted her identity since they met, and his trust in her is simply unconditional. And those words during their previous conversation have made her entangled until now, and on the other hand...

"Hey, that's it, I thought it was something else."

Doesn't this mean you can only enter the Firelink Shrine after defeating Guda? Guda isn't in the open world, so it's probably triggered by something else.

As for Melina not believing him, that's perfectly normal.

He knew that she was a soul-type fire keeper and someone the undead could absolutely trust, but she had no idea where he came from and that he possessed powers that did not belong to this world. It would be strange for her to completely trust him right away.

"So, how do we get to the Round Table Hall?"

Looking at Lord who looked indifferent, Melina was silent for a long time, then spoke slowly.

"Just a moment, let me touch you..."

Then, she stretched out her hand, no longer touching with her fingertips cautiously, but gently holding the hand that Lord extended.

There was no hesitation or delay at all.

......

Where exactly is the Round Table Hall? This question is one that few people can answer.

More people know about the first generation Round Table Hall because the building is located in a corner of the royal city of Rodel. Due to its large area and magnificent appearance, it is hard not to notice it.

But after a series of events, the original Round Table Hall fell apart. When it reappeared and began to act, not to mention others, even the founders of the original Round Table Hall could not find its current location. At most, they could only return to the hall in the royal city and reminisce about the past.

And now, a new guest has arrived in this round table hall in this mysterious area.

After Melina touched his hand, Lord was in a trance for a moment. When he came to his senses, he was already in the round table hall.

The Round Table Hall, just as its name suggests, has a huge round table in the center of the hall. In the center of the round table is a huge blessing, surrounded by many weapons, which looks very imposing.

Around the round table, walls, torches, and statues gathered together, creating a solemn and dignified environment, with some people standing nearby.